i think for the first time in a while, we actually had a competent process play out. i don't think we got the result we were after, that's obvious. but there was a plan....and they executed it. that's really all you can ask for and after the circus that was 2017, and really same goes for the post Dooley search (anyone remember Hart letting Charlie Strong leave, w/a supposed deal "done" only to find out a day later, he decdided to stay in Louisville? having to catch Jones at the last minute before he inked his deal wtih Colorado?
i mean, relatively speaking....results set aside...the process of this one seems to have gone a lot better than the last two for sure....and i'd say it went way better than the one that resulted in Dooley as well....where it was literally "dial for coaches" until someone said yes...lol.
anyway, taking all things into consideration regarding our current set of circumstances, i'm going to say that this could have, and would have, wound up WAY worse had we gone thru this with any of the previous leadership groups that had searches on their watch.
that doesn't mean the results change, of course. but, it does feel like a new day....so that's something....i hope he does great, and i've no reason to think he can't....just gonna be a little patient and see what they can do.
